Grustaf

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by Grustaf 4y ago
Haha, yeah. Well they seem to enjoy the crowdedness, it's a weird subculture.
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Bivouacs/shelters are indeed quite popular, there are lots of permanent ones made of wood out here. Basically just a slanted roof. https://vindskyddskartan.se
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The key is in the word "nature", lots of people enjoy being in more or less wild nature. And camping, wild camping in American, is about self-sufficiency and simplicity. You only use what you carry on your back, and you don't
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I mean sure, here in Sweden there are big camp sites that are essentially grass parking lots where people squeeze in their camper vans or sometimes even tents like sardines. They have amenities, maybe even a mini golf course!, but that&#x27
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What you’re describing sounds like normal camping, you hike for a few hours and pitch your tent somewhere. Isn’t the drive in picnic variety just an American phenomenon?
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We went camping in a California national park once. The park was really beautiful but imagine my shock when not only did they have designated campsites that were extremely boring, you drove your car all the way up to the site, there were in
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No they're not. But that is not a reason to make everyone incapable of using body language, by removing offices.
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They should just accept that they voluntarily joined a company that has always been very skewed towards in office work.
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Most of those complaining joined Apple when it was fully on-site, and very remote hostile. Even those that joined during the closure were aware of the company's stance on remote work, so what they are asking for is a favour.
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What does this mean?
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I guess you're replying to the wrong person. I clearly said that for "most people" it's NOT worth it. And I haven't cherry picked any failures in the current system. I'm not a crypto proponent. I don't own
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We're discussing the technology of crypto currencies, not just the currencies that exist now. It wouldn't be hard to make a utility coin that gives you something real, but virtual, like megabytes of data on your phone plan, domain
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Yes, cash is great, but it's pretty clear that most first world governments are trying to get rid of cash. And it's pretty inconvenient, especially since you need to trust the recipient. Crypto currencies being volatile is not inh
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You do remember that my response to your first message was "yes exactly"? Clearly I agree with your assessment. Well minus the snark. No, at worst it's like today, at best you can verify it yourself. But as I've said i
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We've been over this, I don't think anyone is claiming that it's impossible to write buggy smart contracts. But it's not the case that you need to trust the creator, since you can verify it yourself. If you don't un
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> We've had inflation and catastrophes and we managed to move value without the blockchain. Nobody claims that life is impossible without crypto, we were talking about reasons and situations where it makes sense, and one example is
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You asked “where”, and the answer is “in the SEPA countries”, which at least includes most of Europe.
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I mean I'm not a smart contract evangelist, I'm just replying to your point that they are risky, that you need to understand them before using them. You do, that's why most people shouldn't. As to use cases, you only pro
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What does it matter if people "give up the protections" or if they disappear? The result could still be that they flock to crypto, which is what we're discussing. But it's not a binary question. Some people are already &
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Yes, and you could make this hypothetical Kenyan cryptocurrency work the same way. One KCoin is one shilling, redeemable for minutes.
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I've also bought property in Sweden, it's very simple. No need to involve a lawyer even. So where do smart contracts come in? Who would want to use a smart contract to buy an apartment? Unless possible the apartment deed was store
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> It should have been a goal, and it's necessary (doesn't have to be perfect, but absolutely has to exist) for anything wanting to be used as a means of exchange in a modern economy, outside of Mad Max situations and speculatio
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I think they have been pretty clear about what they think the upside is: decentralisation. No need to trust banks and governments. Obviously you don't think it's a good trade-off, but they do.
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SEPA transfers cost €0, which (still) is less than $1.
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Why would you need to involve a smart contract to buy coffee?
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Yes, 10 hours a day, I work at a FAANG. Just pointing out the advantage. Clearly there are also disadvantages, and most people think the latter dwarf the former. I just want an honest and nuanced discussion.
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Of course it does. It's like saying "but Uber doesn't own any cars, they can't run a taxi service". There are pros and cons with their approach, and you might prefer the traditional way, but they purposely chose ano
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As I said, little or no manual labour is involved when you pay your bills or transfer money. Bank employees meet customers, set up mortgages, program the payment infrastructure, make deals with other banks, help hide money in shady jurisdic
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You could always use the crypto currency as the store of value there, just as people did with MPesa. You don't necessarily ever have to convert it to a local currency.
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> You can't just call all the most important aspects of monetary transfers "out of scope" if you're trying to create a system for monetary transfers. Different people have different perspectives. Clearly a lot of coin

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